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NorseQuest (A Norse Xianxia)

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Imperial Fister said:
(Alright, how do you experiment? What tests do you perform?)
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DeadmanwalkingXI said:
This is a good question. Anyone have good ideas?
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So, missed this at the time.

Hmmm, in retrospect I could have put this into the research action but it didn't occur to me... I think the main thin is to try and experiment with using Time Stands Still, but on a smaller scale? If we analogise from Flame Tending Blade which is about stoking a furnace of energy until it becomes an explosive outpour, with the parent Style being about more controlled use of our body's "furnace" to produce energy, then the parent Style for Time Stands Still has to be about more partial or smaller scale time manipulation?

I think we still need to fully invert the Standstill, because that's how we get the temporal effects. A partially inverted standstill would be produce sort of curved space-time thingie, and probably a represents a wholly different technique altogether. We also need to focus on our breath the whole time, because our breath seems to power Time Stands Still in the same way that our heart powers Stoker State. There is definitely some core underlying principle where really powerful martial styles need to be anchored to a body part as part of their overall Anchor, I think. Working out how more sparing usage of breath equates to more limited forms of time manipulation is probably the key to cracking the underlying technique.

Rather, we should experiment with trying to do a reduced version of TSS, perhaps seeing if we can just do the equivalent of an inverted Slowing Slog, where we're merely slowing down the rest of the universe relative to us, rather than stopping it altogether. That would give us a form of time dilation which increases our speed and perception relative to a stationary reference frame, presumably still gated by how long we can hold our breath, and seems like a more modest version of the same underlying mechanism as that between Time Stands Still, and therefore quite a strong bet for what a more basic technique from the root style would look like.

We actually perfected Slowing Slog this turn, so there seems like a fairly good basis to say our comprehension is good enough? So yeah, this would be my write:

[] Try to uncover the root Style of Time Stands Still, experiment with trying to create a more limited version of the underlying effect, focussing on our breath the whole time and how we can use it more sparingly. Experiment with inverting our Slowing Slog to slow rather than stop the rest of the universe around us, using the experience of Time Stands Still and our newfound comprehension of Slowing Slog as a guide, and powering the technique with our breath as we do with TSS.

It's kind of two different lines of attack, so we might want to give it more than one research dice. I also have six Reward dice knocking around now, so I could throw a couple towards whoever ends up making the next plan.
 
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Adhoc vote count started by jjffjhjf on Oct 2, 2023 at 9:25 AM, finished with 24 posts and 5 votes.
  • [X] "Hello, I'm Halla. What's your name?"
    [X] Ask about how it was forged, and how it came to be in the hands of the Squire we fought.
    [X] What's your saga, since you've been made what have you done, or been used to do?
    [X] Ask how it got it's post cognition ability and how it works.
    [X] Ask about it's soulscape, how the soulscape was made, it's properties, and how it cultivates (if at all)
    [X] are you Christian? why?
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What questions will yield the maximum expected knowledge yield?

1) It's abilities, obviously. Usability is a different question.
2) Cultivation/soulscape. Willingness to answer: Dubious
3) Creation. Hopefully it's willing to answer this?
4) Nature of spirits and the spirit realm it's from? Usability/Answerability:???
5) Something, I dunno

Okay, with that it mind..

[X] Ask about how it was forged, and how it came to be in the hands of the Squire we fought.

Creation data.

[X] Ask how it got it's post cognition ability and how it works.

Ability data.

[X] Ask about it's soulscape, how the soulscape was made, it's properties, and how it cultivates (if at all)

Cultivation data.

[X] Ask about what it is, really, where did it 'come' from?

Spirit data.

[X] Ask it about any (sword?) martial arts that it knows, and their general properties.

It's a past-seeing ice sword, we want to know it's secrets, but we don't even know what is important to learn from it.
 
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Scheduled vote count started by Imperial Fister on Oct 1, 2023 at 6:38 PM, finished with 34 posts and 9 votes.
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Come on, no one else wants to hear a swords thoughts on religion?
Hopefully it'll be covered in the origin story, of it answers that question
 
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    • [X] Ask about how it was forged, and how it came to be in the hands of the Squire we fought.
    [X] Ask how it got it's post cognition ability and how it works.
    [X] Ask about it's soulscape, how the soulscape was made, it's properties, and how it cultivates (if at all)
    [X] Ask about what it is, really, where did it 'come' from?
    [X] Ask it about any (sword?) martial arts that it knows, and their general properties.
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    Ask about how it was forged, and how it came to be in the hands of the Squire we fought. Ask about what it is, really, where did it 'come' from?
    After taking a moment to collect yourself and organize your thoughts, you've come up with a small list of questions. First things first; establishing background information.

    "How and in what land were you forged?" You gesture at the sword's translucent, ice-like blade—the smith have moved away long ago.

    "I am called Seeingsnow and I am of Mistilteinn's line. Forged in Haddingdalen for Helgi Anundison of Helgi Haddingjaskati's line by the dwarf Onska of Clan Skiling's hand, I would later be passed down to his grandson, Helgi Longknees, before being lost over the side of the ship Swancaster after returning home from a raid," Seeingsnow falls silent after that, waiting to see what you ask next—which leaves you plenty of time to mull over the sword's words.

    Unfortunately, while Seeingsnow spoke many names, little of them actually hold much meaning to you.

    'Helgi Haddingjaskati?' Blackhand's voice comes as something of a surprise, but certainly not an unwelcome one, 'That name rings familiar, though I can't quite remember why.'

    You frown and resolve to search around for more information the next time you get a chance. Regardless, it's time for the next question on your list!

    "How did you come to be in that Squire's hand?"

    "I do not know how long I was at the bottom of that lake, all I know is that it was by a mendicant's hand that I was found. After I was baptized, I was presented to the Order of the Bloody Thorns before, after a lost battle, I was retrieved from the mud by Thomas Laurent."
    Ask how it got it's post cognition ability and how it works.
    You don't have much to say to that, so you move on to the next item on your list; how it can see into the past.

    "How can you see the past?" Not the most eloquently worded of questions, but it'll do.

    "Dwarf magic," is Seeingsnow's low-syllable-count answer. "I do not know any more then that."

    "Damn," you frown as you're forced to settle for that. It does, however, remind you of a question you've had for some time; why are some items of dwarf-make vulnerable to the sun while others aren't?

    Regardless, that question will have to wait for some other time as you find yourself doubting that Seeingsnow knows anything of it. In the meantime, you'll ask what you've got next.
    Ask about it's soulscape, how the soulscape was made, it's properties, and how it cultivates (if at all)
    "Where did you get a soulscape?" You wave a hand at the empty village serving as your surroundings. "Was it a result of cultivation or what?"

    "I follow the grace of God," Seeingsnow says with a not small amount of pride in its voice, "I have a soulscape because He allows it. I need no more reason then that."
    Ask it about any (sword?) martial arts that it knows, and their general properties.
    With brows pointing towards the top of your head, you nod slowly at that, "Right, right... Well, do you have or know any sword martial arts?"

    "I do not."

    A scowl passes across your face at that. Well, shit, that was a load of nothing!

    ...Maybe you'll come up with something worth the effort if you're given some time to mull it over?

    Regardless, you've come to the end of the questions. Thanking the sword for its time, you take your leave.

    0~0~0
    Straw time
    One hot summer afternoon, while you're outside working the fields, a shuffling to your rear draws your attention away from your sweaty brows. Twisting around, you come face-to-'face' with the straw-stuffed figure you'd almost forgotten about.

    It seems to be staring at you... Well, that's not quite right. It seems to be staring more at the hoe in your hands rather then you in particular.

    ...Does it want to farm? Or does it want the hoe for some other, potentially nefarious purpose?

    What do you do?
    [ ] Give the figure the hoe
    [ ] Don't give the figure the hoe

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    AN: Hey all, sorry for how bad this update is. I'm currently in the process of adjusting to my new anxiety medication and it's kind of throwing me for a bit of a loop.

    I'm not sure I'll be able to do another update today, sorry. I was intending to finish the turn this update, but that's not looking to be in the cards.

    No moratorium.
     
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    • Imperial Fister said:
    AN: Hey all, sorry for how bad this update is. I'm currently in the process of adjusting to my new anxiety medication and it's kind of throwing me for a bit of a loop.

    I'm not sure I'll be able to do another update today, sorry. I was intending to finish the turn this update, but that's not looking to be in the cards.
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    Don't worry about it, the update seemed fine, and one update a day is still great.

    [X] Give the figure the hoe
     
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